GREY
(Sir Edward, 1862-1933, Liberal Statesman, Longest Serving Foreign Secretary 1905-1916, Ornithologist, 1st Viscount Grey of Falloden)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed, marked ‘Private’ to “My dear GORST”
(Sir John Eldon, 1861-1911, Minister Plenipotentiary in Cairo, MP) saying that his “brother George Grey has been travelling from Rhodesia & expects to reach Khartoum about April 10. I have written to Wingate. His journey is a private one undertaken for his own pleasure & he will probably come straight home from Khartoum. So there is nothing that needs doing for him & I am only writing to you in case you should be at Cairo & able to see hm if he stops there on his way through. He has a stammer, which makes him slow in conversation but I know no-one with better judgement & his knowledge of Rhodesia & the unsettled districts of South Africa is exceptionally great...”, 3 sides 8vo., Foreign Office headed paper, 21st October
Item Date:
1910
Stock No:
42902
£225
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GRIGG
(Edward William Macleay, 1879-1955, First Baron Altrincham, Politician)
Fine signature as Altrincham
traces of mount on verso
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
27226
£30
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[GRONCHI
(Giovanni, 1887-1978, President of Italy 1955-1962)]
Beautiful menu for his reception and luncheon at Guildhall,
Sir Denis Truscott, Lord Mayor, the cover in full colour on a blue background representing the monuments of Italy and its modern shipping, across the foot is an impression of the electric power line crossing the straits of Messina, (signed Frank H. Mason,1876-1965, the naval and poster artist), inside are a short account of Guildhall and its restoration after the war, the menu, music and reception committee, and a description of the cover, tasselled cord in the colours of Italy, 8 sides in covers 11¼" x 8¼", London, 14th May
Item Date:
1958
Stock No:
53254
£125
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[GRONCHI
(Giovanni, 1887-1978, President of Italy, 1955-1962)]
Beautifully Printed Menu of the Luncheon given by the Corporation of London in his honour,
(Sir Denis Truscott, 1908-1989, Lord Mayor), the cover in full colour on a blue background representing the monuments of Italy and its modern shipping, across the foot is an impression of the electric power line crossing the straits of Messina, by Frank H. Mason, (1875-1965, the naval and poster artist), inside are a short account of Guildhall and its restoration after the war, the menu, the music by the Royal Artillery Orchestra and the names of the reception committee, and a description of the cover, tasselled cord in the colours of Italy, printed by Raphael Tuck & Sons, 8 sides in covers 11¼" x 8¼", Guildhall, London, 14th May
some extremely light spotting on covers and extremely light partial vertical fold, trace of a former corner fold on back cover
Item Date:
1958
Stock No:
56648
£125
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GROTE
(George, 1794-1871, M.P. for the City of London 1832-1841, Philosophical Radical, Historian and Politician)
Autograph envelope front signed to W. L. Birkbeck, Trinity College, Cambridge, London, 29th June
Item Date:
1833
Stock No:
12549
£10
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